2025/6/11

On Thursday, May 29, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS) Vice President Naoki Kondo participated in the First Italian and Japanese Rectors' Forum held at the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, during which he took part in a panel discussion. The Forum was hosted jointly by the Conferenza dei Rettori delle Universita Italiane (CRUI; "Conference of Italian University Rectors" in English) and the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) to strengthen collaboration between universities in Japan and Italy.

Mr. Kondo gave a presentation during the panel discussion titled "The Humanities, Cultural Heritages, Innovation, and Creativity." He introduced KUFS' founding philosophy, PAX MUNDI PER LINGUAS (World Peace Through Language), and talked enthusiastically about the University's focus on intercultural understanding and communication. In addition to introducing KUFS' practical foreign-language education programs, he talked about the school's strong focus on community both inside and outside of the school in their activities, specially citing as one example the ongoing community collaboration activities in the Mio area of Mihama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture led by Professor Sachiko Kawakami (Department of Global Tourism, Faculty of Global Engagement).

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